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Date: 1827-1828, 1833-1863, 1939

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MS-0582-0585

Description: Volumes 1-3 contain a journal 1833-1852. Volume 3 includes the diary of C Davids, a carpenter attached to the Bay of Islands mission in 1827-1828. Volume 4 contains correspondence 1833-1863. The journals cover Colenso's Cape Reinga journey, March 1839; the establishment of the mission at Ahuriri, Dec 1844-Oct 1845, including a Wairarapa journey; Autumn 1846, Wairarapa and 1848 autumn and spring journeys including a crossing of the Ruahine range; Dec-Jan 1849-1850 and May-Nov 1852 Ahuriri journal. The correspondence includes letters of botanical interest from Allan Cunningham, and others from James Busby and William Hobson. Appended is an article on the kiwi and draft Maori-English dialogues. Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (27 cm; ¼ dark green morocco) Finding Aids: Indexed.

Date: 1923-1956

By: Wilkinson, Alexander Stanley, 1880-1962

Reference: PA-Group-00565

Description: Negatives made by Alexander Stanley Wilkinson, showing native plant and bird life, mostly taken when he was caretaker on Kapiti Island for the Lands and Survey Department. See also diaries and notebooks at MS-2395-2406. Arrangement: Negatives housed in the 1/4 and 1/2 plate glass negative sequences at W-0001 to W-1060. Quantity: 1060 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1999. Reference number changed from PAColl-5945 to PA-Group-00565 in 2010.

Date: 1849-1969

By: McKinnon, Laneth, 1922-1995

Reference: 81-159

Description: Research notes, holograph and printed material on Thomas Kirk and the history of New Zealand forestry Source of title - Supplied title Laneth McKinnon (also known as Lanna Brown and Laneth Coughlan) assembled material for research on the history of forestry and for a biography of Thomas Kirk Quantity: 24 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, printed material, typescript, photocopies, photographs

Date: 1871-1918

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MSX-8836-8839

Description: Bishop Williams' working copy of T F Cheeseman's Manual of the New Zealand flora (Wellington, 1906) presented by the author; accompanied by notes, photos and specimens; notebook listing Maori names of plants; and letters from Cheeseman and J D Hooker, on museum-related as well as botanical topics Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Manual of the New Zealand flora Arrangement: MS-2444-2447 are boxed together Quantity: 2 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter (27cm, illustrated, in red box)

Date: 1941-1944 [20--]

By: Hall, George Andrews Hill, 1863-1945

Reference: MS-Group-2112

Description: Reminiscences by Hall of his early days in Lower Hutt, 1847-1890, with particular reference to Maori, floods, flora and fauna; he also writes of visits to Wellington in the 1870s and to Wairarapa stations in the 1880s. Includes a contents page. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, holograph (photocopy) and typescript

Date: 1967

By: Tongariro National Park Board. Scientific Advisory Committee

Reference: Eph-A-PARK-Tongariro-1967-01

Description: Pamphlet discussing the history and flora of the Ohakune Mountain Road and the conditions and various altitudes along it. The cover design by Nancy Adams shows a mountain stream, alpine vegetation, and mountains in the background. There is a map of the area, and a list of plant names (common and Latin names). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet, 210 x 335 mm, folded to 210 x 112 mm.

Date: 1841-1965

By: Hursthouse, Harold Franklin, 1875-1965

Reference: 83-318

Description: Includes 10 diaries (1899-1907) written by Grace Hair of Manaia, Taranaki (later to become Mrs Harold Hursthouse), with the title `The diary of a girl'. The 3 diaries which cover 1899-1901 have pressed flowers and ferns inserted between the pages. The collection also includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, testimonials, letters to Charles Hursthouse for period 1841-1842, copy of the will of Ernest William Hursthouse (brother), and pedigree of the Hursthouse family from 1580. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es) wax box (10 volumes, 11 folders). 0.33 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs

Date: 1836-1898

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: qMS-0495-0503

Description: Notes and drafts for Colenso's Maori dictionary; sketches etc of Bay of Islands; notes on Maori social life and customs, weapons, food, proverbs and stories. Letters, 1890-1898, chiefly to Harding, reminiscing about the Paihia mission, fellow missionaries, Maori conflict, early printing and New Zealand publications. Also papers on William Yate, Hawkes Bay politics, and letters and text in Maori. Also contains an undated manuscript about Tasmanian plants, written by Ronald Campbell Gunn. This item was previously mis-identified as a manuscript about New Zealand plants by Colenso. Quantity: 10 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) 36 cm (volume 9 is 49 cm at fMS-049) Red buckram and red hinged lid box Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1923-1956

By: Wilkinson, Alexander Stanley, 1880-1962

Reference: MS-2395-2406

Description: All volumes deal with observations on the local bird life and flora and fauna. The diary from 8/5/39 to 24/19/54 gives a brief historical note on Pirongia Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: Arranged in 3 boxes, MS-2395-2398, MS-2399-2402, MS-2403-2406 Wilkinson was caretaker on Kapiti Island for the Lands and Survey Department Quantity: 12 volume(s). 0.21 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (Various sizes, various bindings)

Date: Dec 1919-Jun 1920

By: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, -1936

Reference: MS-Group-9208

Description: Collection comprises digital copies of a two-volume diary and sketch book compiled by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand with her husband Colonel George Foljambe and their daughter Avice, December 1919 - Jun 1920. Also includes an electronic copy of a partial transcript of these diaries. The diary entries are accompanied by line drawings and watercolours. Includes references to visiting George Foljambe's cousin Lord Liverpool, the Governor General of New Zealand, and his wife Annette. The diaries detail the Foljambe's social engagements and Dora Foljambe's observations of local flora and fauna. Also includes entries and sketches of Maori and rural activities like fishing, hunting and sheep-shearing. Source of title - Supplied by Library Throughout the diary Dora Foljambe refers to the `Exs'. Presumedly this reference relates to Lord and Lady Liverpool. Quantity: 123 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Private purchase, England, 2008 Sketchbooks contain watercolours painted by Dora Foljambe as she travelled around New Zealand. Most artworks relate to her diary entries.

Date: November 1907

By: Bollons, John Peter (Capt), 1862-1929; Page, Samuel, active 1907; Bollons, L R (Mrs), active 1946

Reference: PA1-q-228

Description: Album of photographs of plant and animal life on Stewart Island, Snares Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island taken on the scientific expedition to the Sub-Antarctic Islands undertaken in November 1907. Also includes are photographs of the Government steamship Hinemoa, on which the expedition travelled, and of of the remains of the ships Grafton and Dundonald, which were wrecked in the Auckland Islands. The photographer for the expedition was Samuel Page. A long two page inscription is inserted in the front of the album. Two copies, one hand-written with inscription and 25 signatures, followed by a copper-plate copy of the inscription and list of names. The inscription begins "To Captain J. Bollons, G.S.S. Hinemoa. We the members of the Scientific Expedition organised by the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury which has just visited the Auckland and Campbell Islands under your charge desire to thank you most sincerely & gratefully for the many facilities which you have put in our way for carrying on our investigations ..." One photograph shows the members of the Auckland Islands party of the expedition (names listed above). Another shows the surviving members of the crew of the Dundonald which was wrecked on Disappointment Island, and one showing three of the survivors on the deck of the Hinemoa with Hinemoa crew member K. Knudson, standing by the frame of a canvas boat which they used to try and escape from the island. (Photograph with caption listing their names, p 9) In 1907 the New Zealand Government agreed, after representations from the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, the Otago Institute and the New Zealand Institute, to land scientific parties on the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, during the annual trip of the Government steamship Hinemoa, under the command of Captain Bollons, in November. The purpose of the expedition was to extend the magnetic survey of New Zealand, and to further investigate the geology, zoology and botany of these islands. The expedition left Bluff on 14 November 1907. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound photograph album with leather corners and spine, 36.3 x 29 cm Provenance: This album was presented to Captain Bollons by the members of the expedition.

Date: [ca 1869]

By: Buchanan, John, 1819-1898

Reference: qMS-0291-0292

Description: Copied from undated newspaper cutting. Note by J C Anderson tipped in Botanist Quantity: 2 volume(s) (11 pages in each). Physical Description: Typescripts (35 cm; blue linen; 2nd volume: grey boards, ¼ dark green morocco)

Date: 1809-1937, 1959, 1978

By: Traill family

Reference: MS-Group-1528

Description: Comprises of C Traill's notes on native plants cultivated on Stewart Island and annotated `Handbook to the ferns of New Zealand...'(1861). Also letters from T Kirk, FW Hutton, and Sir J Hector, with genealogical material; R H Traill's scrapbook concerning family and district history; and ledger of voyage cutter `Susan'. Also contains a notebook with sketches and notes of shells by Charles Traill. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1762-1780

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2540-2554

Description: Selected manuscripts and letters of Daniel Solander, relating to the natural history material collected by him and Sir Joseph Banks during Cook's expeditions to the Pacific. Comprises catalogues and descriptions of plants, fish, birds and other fauna, as well as the slip catalogue. Some of the descriptions are in the hand of Sir Joseph Banks. Also includes copies of Solander's letters to Banks for 1775 and 1776. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 15 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1989